Rossy de Palma
Actor
Born September 16, 1964 in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Described by many as a Picasso come-to-life, de Palma broke the rules of beauty in 1988 when she starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and became a model and muse for designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and Sybilla. Her status as an iconic fashion character was further cemented with her role in Robert Altman’s 1994 satirical fashion film Prêt-à-Porter. Today, she is a theater actress, charity spokesperson for the Ghanian Charity OrphanAid Africa, and the face of luxury ad campaigns. Born in Palma de Mallorca, she was originally a singer and dancer for the band Peor Imposible before being discovered by filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar at a café in Madrid in 1986. He cast her in roles based on her unique, Picassoesque appearance. She is best known for her roles in Almodóvar films like La ley del deseo (Law of Desire), Kika, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) and La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret).
Filmography
Second to Nun
Madame Laduree
Día de caza
Rosa
La Tarara
Bitter Christmas
Gabriela
Pedro x Javis
Self
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
Honeymoon Crasher
Gloria
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Moire
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Self
Dear Paris
Dolorès
Escort Boys
Mimi
3 Days Max
Alba Suarez
The Messiah
Laia Baró (mayor)
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest
Têtàtête(s)
Self - Guest
Carmen
Masilda
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Sarah Bernardt
El viaje de Julieta
Self
The House
Brigida
The Sweet Taste of Success
Rossy de Palma
Rainbow
Drag Race France
Self - Guest Judge
Cinco Tenedores
Jueza
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
El refugio
Parallel Mothers
Elena
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Carmen
Drag Race España
Self - Guest Judge
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Self
Carrément craignos
Héléna
La Noche D
Self - Guest
Little Birds
Contessa Mandrax
A Mermaid in Paris
Rossy
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Doctora Pilar
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
I Miss You
Rosaura
Despite Everything
Inés
For the Ones We Loved
Artémis
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage)
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
¡Ay, Carmen!
Self - Actress
Lo Siguiente
Self - Presenter
Le vieux juif Blonde
Voyante
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Self
Black Is Beltza
Ruth Abramson (voice)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Bailando con las estrellas
Self - Contestant
Maestros de la costura
Invitada
La resistencia
Invitada
Brillantissime
Charline
The Exchange
Dómina
Toc Toc
Ana María
Madame
Maria
Lord, Give Me Patience
María Ramos
The White Princess
Isabella I of Castile
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee
En tu cabeza
Milagros (Vecina)
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Self
10 Years with Bebe
self
Julieta
Marian
Stranded
Mercè
Spy Time
Madre de Katia
Just a Little Chemistry
Bárbara Sullivan
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Graziella
Graziella
Anchored
Palmira
The Material Boy
Self
Do Not Disturb
Maria
Love of My Loves
Carmina
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Self
Planeta Calleja
Self - Guest
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Luna (voice)
Three Many Weddings
Madre de Ruth
Me resbala
Self - Contestant
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Lola
&Me
Edurne's Mother
Bright Spin
Amie de Patrick
Danse avec les stars
Self - Candidate
Miss Tacuarembo
Patricia Peinado
Gigola
Dominique
No Pasaran
Inès
Broken Embraces
Julieta
La que se avecina
María Luisa Romero
Les Aristos
La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
Girlfriends
La mère de Marie
Caterina e le sue figlie
Estrella Toledo
20 Centimeters
La Frío
Have You Met Claudia?
Aldo's Claudia
Double zéro
Le Monocle
People : Jet Set 2
Pilar
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Myriam Bardem
Dead Weight
Pauline Reggio
L'origine du monde
The Sphynx
The Mule
La Colombienne
The Damned Rib
Margarita
Nag la Bombe
Leïla
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Blind Woman
Foul Play
Concepcion Alibera
Talk of Angels
Elena
Franchesca Page
Veronica
La Femme du cosmonaute
Catherine
Airbag
Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
A Body in the Woods
Teniente Cifuentes
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
Chicken Park
Necrophilia
De pé a pá
Self
The Flower of My Secret
Rosa
Peggio di così si muore
Myrna
What's It All About
Librarian
Prêt-à-Porter
Pilar
La Machine Mode
Self
Fea
Kika
Juana
Rose rosse per una squillo
Juliette
Mutant Action
Invitada de lujo
Sam's Enough
Chichi
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
The Naked Target
Dama 2
The Family Jewels
Donatella
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
In The Rose Garden
Rosy
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Viuda de Prodini
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Camello en Vespa
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Marisa
Law of Desire
Locutora tele